Peters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES Auousrus WRIGHT, or BOSTON, MAssAoHusETrs, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND ELLSWORTH o. HATHAWAY, OF SAME PLACE.

LEAR 'FoR ATTACHINGBAILS TO PAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,316, dated August14, 1883. Application filed a 12,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that '1, CHARLES AUGUSTUS WRIGHT, a subject of GreatBritain, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State I ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Earsfor Attaching Bails to Pails and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to means for attaching to pails, coal-hods, andvarious analogous artiticles the ears to which the ends of the bails aresecured. Heretofore the universal custom has been to'secure these carsin place by rivets passed through the ear and the sidetof the vessel,and headed down in the usual manner; or, in .case of metal vessels, theears have in many instances been secured by solder or by both solder andrivets.

My improvements consist in forming an ear with integral spurs, whichconstitute a substitute forrivets, these spurs extending laterally fromthe ear and adapted to enter holes in the sidesof the vessel and headeddown, as is the case with rivets, while a lipor horn is formed upon theupper part of the bail,wl 1ich is turned over upon the edge of the mouthof such vessel.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent in Figure 1 aperspective view of a bail-ear embodying my invention, while Fig. 2 is asection of the same applied to a tin or other metal vessel having awired lip.

In the drawings, A represents my improved ear, the. same consisting of abody portion or plate, A, which maybe in the form of cars now generallyin use, while upon one side of this plate A, and at its lower part, Iform lateral integral spurs a a, &c., and at theupper part of such plateI form a lateral lip or horn, b. b In applying the above ear to asheet-metal vessel -for instance, a tin pail, B, with the edge of itsmouth wired, as shown in Fig. 2 at cI punch holes inthe sides of suchpail for reception of'the spurs a a, 8nd, and I then insert the spurs insuch holes and head themdown,

as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. I next head the horn 12 down aboutthe edge of the mouth of the vessel, and the attaching of the ear iscomplete.

The aboveclescribed method of attaching an. ear by punching holes in thesides of the ves-. 'sel prior to inserting the spurs a a is simply anobvious way of fastening the ear to the pail but in practice I'prefer tolay the ear on the vessel at the place where it is to be attached, andthen drive it home, making the spurs a a act to punch their own Iholes.

An ear constructed and applied as above described is simple, verystrong, :and expeditiously applied. The horn b constitutes a veryimportant feature, as it retains firm hold of the vessel, and, whileprotecting the edge of the latter, is a powerful means of retaining theear in place.

The ear may be of cast metal, or of wrought metal fashioned in asuitable die and drop press. I do not restrict myself in this particularto any especial metal or material.

I claim- I g 1. The herein described ear for securing bails to vessels,consisting of the body portion or plate A, lateral spurs or semi-rivetsa a,

and a horn or lip, b, substantially as described. 2. The combination,with a sheet metal or other vessel, of the ear above described, whensecured to the vessel by the spurs a a, which pass through the sides ofsuch vessel and are headed down upon its outside, and the horn b, turneddown outward about the edge of the mouth of the said vessel,substantiallyas ex plained.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

H. E. LODGE,

, F. Ounrrs.

